The 2009 record says it all: 1-11. And how can you forget about the off-the-field incidents? Well fans, students and faculty haven’t forgotten, but for UNM head football coach Mike Locksley and the UNM football team, the past is the past. Except the present is even more daunting.
In one day, Duck nation will finally get what it has been asking for. The departure of former Heisman hopeful Jeremiah Masoli left the No.
Standing before them is a divided congregation: There are the believers and the athletic agnostics. Faith, though, is inextricably binding and blinding.
A record 3,831 fans jammed into Johnson Center to watch the UNM volleyball team take on Stanford on Sunday. But not even the loud cheers of the seventh largest crowd in program history could throw off the fourth-ranked Cardinal, who rolled over the Lobos in three sets 25-14, 25-18, 25-20. With the loss, UNM fell to 2-1 on the season and finished in second place at the MCM Elegante Lobo Classic.
It was nothing new for forwards Lawrence Robledo and Devon Sandoval, just another Robledo-to-Sandoval sequence, resulting in a game winner. Taking a pass from his former club teammate, Sandoval scored less than two minutes into overtime to lift the UNM men’s soccer team to a dramatic 2-1 victory over Fort Lewis in its last preseason match Friday at the UNM Soccer Complex. “On both goals Robledo did all the hard work.
It was a stroke of luck that brought junior outside hitter Kelly Williamson to UNM. Rewind two years, when the UNM volleyball team was scheduled to visit China on a 12-day trip to Beijing and Shanghai.
Just because Michael Green is a midfielder, doesn’t mean he’s not leading the front lines for the UNM men’s soccer team. Known mainly for his finesse and passing talents, Green will be called upon to score more this season, said UNM men’s head soccer coach Jeremy Fishbein. Fishbein said Green will dictate how successful the Lobos’ campaign is this year. “Green is a big piece of the puzzle to this team,” he said.
No one who followed the UNM football program was doubtful about the decision, but it has officially been announced: B.R.
The 2010-11 UNM men’s basketball schedule was released last week. The 31-game season includes notable contests against California, Texas Tech, Southern Illinois, NMSU and Dayton. “This is the year for us, and this will be the most difficult schedule we’ve had at New Mexico,” head coach Steve Alford said.
The UNM women’s soccer team started off the 2010 season in fine fashion. After demolishing Montana 7-0 on Friday, the Lobos continued with a convincing 3-0 win against Nebraska on Sunday at the UNM Soccer Complex. “These past two games — we have been very good at putting away our chances against some good teams,” head coach Kit Vela said. The Lobos followed up their Friday shutout victory Sunday against Nebraska with good composure in front of the goal. The first half against Nebraska was evenly matched, with both teams feeling each other out, until forward Stephanie Rowe chipped the keeper from 20 yards in the 39th minute. Midfielder Rachel Fields gave the Lobos some insurance in the 64th minute by scoring from inside the box, before Jennifer Williams scored the third goal of the game.
Head coach Jeremy Fishbein has every reason to feel positive about the upcoming season for UNM men’s soccer team. The Lobos, 12-7-1 last year, were once again picked to win the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation regular-season conference title. “This team just continues to get better every practice,” Fishbein said.
Fifth-year senior Michael Reed looks to end his career with the UNM men’s soccer team on a high note. “Over these past few years, I have watched him develop into a really good player and person,” head coach Jeremy Fishbein said. A graduate of Sandia High School, Reed was a 2005 NSCAA All-American and the New Mexico Player of the Year twice.
Before my life becomes consumed by a blur of college athletics, lawsuits and fantasy football, here are five NFL headlines worthy of mention.
It’s really not what any Lobo fan wants to hear: a beefed-up schedule with lots of young talent. That is the outlook for Jeff Nelson and the 2010 UNM volleyball team. Nelson, the third-year head coach at UNM, has his Lobos embarking on probably their toughest task to date. The Lobos have seven freshmen on the roster: Mariah Agre, Chantale Riddle, Lexi Ross, Juliane Hanna, Carli Torr, Ashley Newman and Miquella Lovato.
Although the UNM men’s basketball teams schedule still hasn’t been set, the UNM women’s team is ready to roll into the renovated Pit. The Lobos and head coach Don Flanagan announced the 2010-11 basketball schedule, which includes 10 teams in the top 100 in the women’s 2009-10 NCAA Ratings Percentage. The Lobos will host seven nonconference games, including an exhibition game Nov.
A week after New Mexico-based attorney Dennis Montoya filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Albuquerque on behalf of former wide receivers coach J.B.
Let the legal showdown begin. As promised — and expected — former UNM wide receivers coach J.B.
The New Mexico-based attorney for former wide receivers coach J.B. said in a phone interview Tuesday that his client was given the right to sue by the Equal Employment and Opportunity Commission, after an investigation into the physical altercation between UNM head football coach Mike Locksley and Gerald. Dennis Montoya, who represents Gerald, added that the 90-day clock requiring Gerald to file his lawsuit within the outlined parameters has already started and that, while Gerald has until Sept.
Jumbled in the labyrinth of litigation, among the supposed exposés, and building and falling evidence of admissions and retractions, is the proverbial, high-stakes, good-guys-bad-guys game, one that will be viewed through discriminatory lenses depending on what side of the chicken wire you’re on.
Becoming a star in the NBA: relentless. Being selected to tryout for the U.S. Men’s National Basketball team: joyous.
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